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Art Fair, Paris

URBAN ART FAIR – PARIS

The 9ᵉ edition of the  Urban Art Fair returns to Paris from 24 to 27 April 2025 under the hall of the Carreau du Temple. This international art fair dedicated to urban art will feature  over 100 international artists with 40 exhibitor galleries based in France, Italy, Benelux, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Singapore, Japan and USA

Some highlights include collaborative works between Martha Cooper (US) and Logan Hicks (US) with Pascaline Mazac,  solo shows by Hopare, Kan (DMV), Levalet , Alëxone Dizac , GOin, Danny Cortes, Jakman , Rahayu Retnaningrum, Jokin SorTwo, Andre Berger.

Galleries not to miss: Taxie Galerie,  Thinkspace, Underdogs Gallery, Museum of Graffiti.

Sato Gallery will showcase Japanese artists:  EXCALIBUR, Takeru Amano, YUFI, DEBZA WAS HERE, CLT

The Block A Collective presents CHIMERA: Hybrid Realities. It will be an opportunity to discover the Singapore street artist scene with artists like ANTZ, Asfi K, Eunice Hannah, METAMO Industries, Yang Derong, Speak Cryptic, Soph O, Steve Lawler/ Mojoko, THE GOODNIGHT GANG (GDNT)

Exhibited artists include Cey Adams, Add Fuel, Illan Argüello, Valentin Bechade, Blade, Blu, Buffmonster, Pieter Ceizer, Ceizer, Clet, Juan Cuellar, D*Face, Nina De Angelis, Olivia de Bona, Flavien Demarigny, Jo Di Bona, Matt Dosa, Maxime Drouet, Eneri, Eron, Fenx, Frankey, Futura, Ghilini, Raphael Gindt, HYDRANE, In the Woup, Djan Ivson, JonOne, Kamo, Kaves, Leon Keer, Kouka,  Kraken, Alex Kuznetsov, L’Atlas, Benjamin Laading, Tomas Lacque, Lantomo,  Marlen Letetzki, Arnaud Liard, Lor-K, Yann L’outsider, Daniel Mac Lloyd, MARA, Carlos Mare, Maye, Millo, Mioshe, Monkeybird, Mosko, Murmure, Riccardo Nannini, Nexgraff, Hom Nguyen, Gabriella Noelle, Onemizer, OX, Ozmo, Papa Chango, PAROLE, PichiAvo, Sandra Rojo Picón, Quik, Raider, Nuno Raminhos, Rero, RNST, Jean Rooble, Amir Roti, Jaime Sancorlo, Daniel Sueiras, Oscar Seco, Iker Serrano, Inigo Sesma, Skio, SpokBrillor, STOUL, Taroe, Tcheko, Erni Vales, Jérémy Vatutin, Zed1, Ziké.

A dedicated programme includes a series of conferences and film screenings, book signings, multimedia presentations about MAP360, a transatlantic artistic exchange collaboration  as well as an offsite installation by Arnaud Liard in the Galeries Lafayettes Champs Elysees.

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Location:

Urban Art Fair Paris

24-27 April 2025

Le Carreau du Temple | 4 rue Eugène Spuller, Paris 3e

www.urbanartfair.com

Paris, Shows

INVADER SPACE STATION

The French artist Invader is taking over an entire building in central Paris and transforming it into a space station: the INVADER SPACE STATION. It’s a strategic location, 11 rue Béranger (75003) in the former offices of the newspaper ‘Libération’. Back in 2011 Invader created a giant mural on its rooftop, visible from satellite.

Curated by Fabrice Bousteau, editorial director of Beaux Arts Magazine, this massive exhibition of 3500 m² spans accross the last four floors of the nine storey building.

Upon entering the INVADER SPACE STATION, we are immersed with a SPACE BATTLE, a large scale installation made of road dividers you might see on construction sites. The artist invites the viewer to look again at our surroundings during our everyday ‘s life. Invader mentions : ‘Somewhere between ready-made, arte povera and installation, I’ve used them here to recreate the army of pixelated aliens as seen on the opening screen of the game Space Invaders’. Full with lighting effects and sound !

INVASION OF PARIS

Since 1998 the artist has been leveraging the city of Paris as his playground. A gigantic map displays all 1500 mosaics installed in the streets of Paris with their exact location, as well as close up pictures of each individual ones in chrononological order, showcasing the artist’s prolific nature across 25 years.

We have the opportunity to view from a telescope the latest mosaic in Paris, named PA1500 which has just been revealed at the Centre Pompidou, Museum of Contemporary Art.

FLASHINVADERS APP

A screen displays a real-time stream of all the successful flashes on the FLASH INVADER app. Long before the app Pokemon Go, INVADER set up the FlashInvaders app in 2014. To participate, players just need to ‘flash’ (photograph) the mosaics in the streets throughout the world. Based on the photo and the player’s position, when the information is validated, the app adds the piece to their collection and the player gains some points and progress through the global ranking of players. Gathering 350,000 players and almost 23 million validated flashes, there is indeniably a strong community.

INVADING THE WORLD

The illegal mosaic invasion has taken on a planetary dimension from the start and INVADER travelled extensively to surprising locations to spread its mosaics around the world. Featured in a chronological order, a selection of pictures offers the viewer a glimpse of the international scope and insane risk taking and energy deployed during 25 years, to place mosaics in various cities internationally as well as reaching deep sea levels and outer space in the ISS station.

VIDEOS AND PROJECTION ROOM

Through his through his various missions, INVADER has also captured hundreds of thousands of photographs, as well as many hours of footage INVADER SPACE STATION shares some gems from the artist’s own archive on video loops as well as a large projection room with different screening programmes through the weeks.

ARTWORKS

In parallel to INVADER’s street illegal practice, the artist has also been producing artworks .

A section is dedicated to a retrospective of all INVADER’s works on paper, from screenprints, etchings to lithographs.

Since 2005, the artists has been incorporating Rubik’s cubes to create figurative sculptures and paintings called ‘Rubikcubism’, transforming a playful object into an artistic medium.

For the first time we discover that INVADER is also a big collector of Kinder Surprise figures, and is looking to use them in his practice as artistic material.

PARTICIPATE

Stickers are a big part of the INVADER community. From automated sticker machines, where visitors can buy and swap their collector items, to a massive participative wall where anyone can stick it. So bring your stickers and be part of the INVADER SPACE STATION !

INVADER SPACE STATION

From 17 February to 5 May 2024

Prebooked tickets can be purchased on invaderspacestation.seetickets.com/timeslot/invader-space-station

Paris, Shows

INVADER SPACE STATION in Paris

Celebrating his 1500th piece in Paris at the top of Contemporary Art Museum Centre Pompidou, the French artist Invader is taking over an entire building in central Paris and transforming it into a space station: the INVADER SPACE STATION.

Located 11 rue Béranger (75003) in the former offices of the newspaper ‘Libération’ ( which were invaded by the artist back in 2011), the exhibition is curated by Fabrice Bousteau, editorial director of Beaux Arts Magazine.

This massive exhibition of 3500 m² accross nine floors will feature pictures, videos, sculptures and installations. So get ready to be invaded.

INVADER SPACE STATION

From 17 February to 5 May 2024

Prebooked tickets can be purchased on invaderspacestation.seetickets.com/timeslot/invader-space-station

Paris

LAYERS – JEWELLERY COLLAB LEK / RENK’ART

LAYERS is a jewellery capsule collection between legendary French graffiti artist LEK and jewellery brand RENK’ART, designed by Marion Broodthuis Gravier.

Since 2019, RENK’ART, the Berlin-Parisian brand continues to attract more and more Street-Art and Fashion lovers with its jewellery, made from 100% Street materials.

Renk’Art, which translates in French to “a date with art” is the first street art inspired jewellery brand that offers unique ready-to-wear art pieces. Made of ‘Graffiti Fordite’ (accumulation of layers of paint like Ford cars) , every piece tells its own very unique story, combining art, fashion and history.

From Berlin, Paris, Lisbon and Brussels, RENK’ART continues its series of collaborations with renowned graffiti and street artists from all over the world.

For this third series, RENK’ART is returning to its source: PARIS.

Layers by Lek / Renk’art. Pics @w.l.v

LEK needs no introduction: his distinctive style mixes harmoniously the codes of architecture, abstract, futurism with graffiti.

His artistic journey is impressive: often working as a duo with SOWAT from Mausolee (2012) to Palais de Tokyo, Les Bains Douches (2013), La Tour 13, his artistic residency at Villa Medici (2015), Graff on Tour(s) with le Centre des Monuments Nationaux at La Rochelle (2018), or painting a Castle for the Label Valette Festival (2022) to numerous artistic collaborations with Agnes B to name a few.

The idea of a collaboration came during an encounter at the Label Valette Festival in 2022. Creating the material from layers of mastered and documented paints seemed very interesting to both of them .

For the LAYERS collection, LEK started out with painting multiple layers of his signature graffiti lettering style with vibrant colours, which were then intricately cut out by RENK’ART and melded with sterling silver to create 50 stunning unique one-off pieces.

From cufflinks to earrings and necklaces, the result is a slick and stylish jewellery collection.     

Photos credit W.L.V.

LAYERS by LEK / RENK’ART will be revealed on 12 October 2023 at a secret location in Paris

Paris, Shows

KAWS: TIME OFF at Skarstedt Paris

American artist KAWS is currently exhibiting at Skarstedt Gallery in Paris. TIME OFF marks the culmination of a series of paintings started in 2020, at the height of the confinement, and features a new large scale bronze sculpture.


The works on view in TIME OFF are introspective and reflect on the transient nature of time. In each painting, KAWS’s signature Michelin’s man character CHUM appears before the viewer with complex configurations of bright bands of paint acting as an additional barrier between us and the figure, with the notion of time feeling constricting or isolating.

This series depict KAWS’s interpretation on personal confinement and the passing of time and the uncertainty of events.

As KAWS continues to delve into these themes, the paintings in this series become progressively more elaborate and, at times, chaotic, which draw the parallel on the events we are experiencing.

In some works the bars break free of their architecturally rendered confines and shoot out in all directions across the canvas, causing CHUM to duck down or become shrouded by them, respectively. Other paintings reflects the uncertainty of how to navigate the space we inhabit.

Despite the persistence of doubt in these works, KAWS leaves his viewers with a palpable optimism for the future with the use of bright and vivid colours.  Not all hope is lost. Despite confusing and uncertain times, the aim is to seek artistic beauty and make the most of what is around you.

KAWS - TIME OFF

Until 22 April 2023, Skarstedt Gallery, 2 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris